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A weekly rundown of the big stories in Utah politics, plus interviews with political players and newsmakers.

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CleanThe summer political doldrums

Rep. Mia Love is catching some flak for sending out some dishonest mailers. How is her tough re-election race against Democrat Ben McAdams shaping up with less than 90 days until voters go to the polls?
Some legislative Republicans don’t like the “B

CleanThat man has never bought groceries in his life - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 383

State officials are worried they won’t be able to implement the medical marijuana ballot initiative if it’s approved by voters. They also say it could end up costing Utah taxpayers.
The Utah GOP Central Committee clown car rolls on.
Plus, Donald .

BYU professor Adam Brown is the author of the new book "Utah Politics and Government, American Democracy among a Unique Electorate."
He joins Managing Editor Bryan Schott to discuss why Utahns are mostly ignorant when it comes to local politics, wh...

Mitt Romney has a massive cash advantage over Democrat Jenny Wilson in their U.S. Senate matchup. Could Utah be the new headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management? There’s some chatter in Washington that Mia Love and Rob Bishop could be dark horse

CleanA flip, a flop, and another flip on Russia - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 381

Chris Jones of KUTV joins Managing Editor Bryan Schott to discuss the important stories of the past week in Utah politics.
The Salt Lake City Council is at odds with Mayor Jackie Biskupski over the massive inland port project. Biskupki refuse...

Rep. John Curtis joins Managing Editor Bryan Schott to discuss the aftermath of President Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin. He says the criticism of Trump following the meeting was justified.
Curtis also discusses the impact the trade war ...

Derek Miller, the new President and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber, speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about President Trump's trade war. He says despite a roaring economy, many Utah companies are stepping back from plans to expand over fears ta...

Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox joins Bryan Schott to discuss his social media posts, authenticity in politics, and his possible political future. He also talks about making sure Utah's election systems are secure from hackers.
Plus, Cox reveals he onc...

CleanFactual backflips and logical leaps. Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 379 Social media is a cesspool. Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 379

Mitt Romney and John Curtis win their primary elections in a landslide. Legislative incumbents fend off primary challenges. Republican turnout could save Mia Love in November. Greg Hughes is off the inland port board....

CleanJust because you disagree with a poll, doesn’t mean it’s wrong - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 378

Jackie Biskupski is being sidelined in the negotiations over the inland port. Donald Trump is still not above 50% approval in Utah. Greg Hughes is thinking about running for governor, but most Utahns don’t know who he...

McKay Coppins, staff writer for The Atlantic joins Managing Editor Bryan Schott on the podcast. They discuss the constant flood of news in the Trump era, Mitt Romney's U.S. Senate run and how his Twitter feud with Donald Trump in 2014 may have pushe...

Ben McAdams, the Democratic nominee for Congress in Utah's 4th CD, says his Republican opponent, Mia Love, is an "empty seat" in Utah's delegation in Washington.
He speaks with managing editor Bryan Schott about his campaign, including why he...

Utah County officials lost a bunch of signature packets for the Count My Vote ballot proposal, while those trying to block some initiatives from the ballot are fighting over the deadlines. Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott...

A Koch-brothers funded group is targeting Utah Republicans. The fight over removing signatures from citizen petitions is getting ugly. Mia Love starts to move to the middle politically. The Salt Lake Tribune is about ...

Rep. John Curtis discusses the landmark public lands bill he unveiled on Wednesday.
He also speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about his recent trip to the Middle East, his thoughts on President Trump scrapping the Iran nuclear deal, go...

Rep. Chris Stewart joins Managing Editor Bryan Schott to discuss whether the government is doing enough to counter Russian interference in our elections, whether he thinks President Trump should pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and Gina Haspel's no...

The Utah GOP convention was a total crap show last week. Utah Republican delegates send Mitt Romney and Mike Kennedy to a June Primary. John Curtis and Chris Herrod also advance to a primary rematch. The medical marij...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about her campaign. She says her experience in government will help her deliver for Utah if she's elected in November.

Mitchell Vice is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
He speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about his run for the Democratic nomination, his platform of progressive policy issues, and how growing up in California's punk scene shaped ...

Rob Anderson took over as chairman of the Utah GOP for nearly a year ago.
He speaks with managing editor Bryan Schott about the challenges and successes from his first year in office. He says he's slowly getting a handle on the debt problems ...

Lawmakers override two of Gov. Herbert’s vetoes. The GOP state convention promises to be bonkers. Ballot initiative organizers turn in their signatures. The Utah GOP’s fight against SB54 chugs along. Plus the Utah Tra...

The Utah Legislature votes to hold their first veto override session since 2011. Rep. Rob Bishop is testing the waters to see if he might have enough support to run for governor in 2020. Mitt Romney officially qualifi...

The looney-tunes behavior from the Utah GOP is ramping up. Dave Bateman’s accusation against Todd Weiler has fallen apart, but Bateman is still pressing forward with his crazy claims. The GOP state convention this yea...

Derek Miller was recently tapped to be the next president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber.
Managing Editor Bryan Schott speaks with Miller about what's on the horizon for Utah's business community, what he hopes to accomplish in his new posi...

Gov. Gary Herbert may have picked a fight with lawmakers because of two bills he vetoed. None of the citizen initiatives have enough signatures to get on the ballot yet, but a couple are close. Citizens may be ready t...

CleanTime to give up the ghost on SB54 - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 366

The Utah GOP loses another court battle over SB54. Turnout for this year’s caucuses was down, which will probably doom Keep My Voice’s efforts to get on the ballot. Gov. Herbert signs a bill allowing terminally ill pa...

Candidates are filing to run for office this week. We’ve seen some big names already opting not to run for another term, while others are pushing for higher office. But, Utah Democrats are struggling to find candidate...

Mitt Romney delays his Senate announcement. When he begins his campaign, he reportedly plans on avoiding questions about President Trump. Lawmakers have three weeks to finish their work in the 2018 Utah Legislature wi...

The Utah Legislature is reeling after Rep. Jon Stanard resigned unexpectedly on Tuesday night, then news broke he had allegedly hired a call girl twice in 2017. Lawmakers found $69 million to cut from the base budget....

CleanA little on the nose, don’t you think? - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 359

The Utah Legislature rolls through week #2. Lawmakers are still pushing to pass next year’s base budgets. The fight over medical marijuana heats up. There’s more news about SB54 and the ballot initiatives that either ...

Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, has long been a champion of the Salt Lake Tribune. He once tried to purchase the paper.
With the news that the Tribune will no longer offer free online content, he tells UtahPolicy.com managing editor Bryan...

Rep. Robert Spendlove is running a bill to expand Medicaid in Utah, which is now possible because of new rules from the Trump administration.
Spendlove speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about how the proposal will work, how much it wi...

Senate President Wayne Niederhauser speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about the big issues facing lawmakers in the 2018 Legislature.
More than 500 bills are expected to pass this year, but Niederhauser has his eyes on taxes, infrastru...

The 2018 Utah Legislature is off at breakneck speed. Lawmakers are already digging into the budget, looking at possible cuts of more than $160 million, even though they have $500 million extra to spend this year. Gov....

Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, speaks with UtahPolicy.com Managing Editor Bryan Schott about how federal tax reform may affect Utah's 2018 budget.
He says the state will see a windfall because of the changes on the federal level, but how muc...

Gov. Gary Herbert speaks with UtahPolicy.com Managing Editor Bryan Schott about some of the big issues facing lawmakers as they convene for the 2018 Utah Legislature. They discuss tax reform, Utah's economy, what Utah can do to combat the opioid cri...

House Speaker Greg Hughes speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about his decision to not run for another term in the Legislature, what his political future may hold and why the budget, Medicaid, and the Utah Transit Authority may be the biggest ...

House Speaker Greg Hughes won’t run for another term in 2018. Does that mean he’s running for governor in 2020? A group calling themselves “Keep My Voice” is aiming to put an initiative on the 2018 ballot to repeal SB...

Sen. Orrin Hatch announced he would not seek an eighth term. When could Mitt Romney announce he’s getting in the race? Romney could help down-ballot Utah Republicans in 2018. Plus, Michael Wolff’s book is tearing apar...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about why she opposes the GOP tax plan that Congress passed this week.
She says the bill disproportionately favors corporations and the wealthy at the expe...

Gov. Gary Herbert rolled out his $16.7 billion budget proposal. He wants to boost education spending by a little more than $200 million, but that’s not as much as backers of the Our Schools Now ballot initiative are h...

President Donald Trump visited Utah on Monday where he slashed 2 million acres from two National Monuments. Several groups are threatening to sue, so this will be tied up in the courts for years.
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Rep. John Curtis discusses reports that President Donald Trump will dramatically slash the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
He also talks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about the tax reform plans winding...

President Trump is coming to Utah to announce big reductions in the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. Our polling shows a slight majority of Utahns support those reductions.
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Derek Miller, President and CEO of World Trade Center Utah joins Managing Editor Bryan Schott to talk about President Trump's recent trip to Asia.
He also talks about how Trump is winning concessions from China on the trade front.
Mil...

CleanSore losers and Irony has a sense of humor - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 349

Count My Vote decides that they’re going to keep the current dual-track system for candidates to get on the ballot. This means they can either gather signatures, go through the caucus/convention system, or both./span...

Democrat Ben McAdams announced his candidacy for Congress last week, mounting a challenge to two-term Republican Mia Love in Utah's 4th CD.
McAdams speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about why he decided to jump into next year's race.

Boyd Matheson, President of the Sutherland Institute, speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about his possible candidacy for the U.S. Senate next year.
Matheson discusses why he thinks Congress is broken, and what fixes he can bring to the...

Over the weekend, former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson took to Facebook to apologize for endorsing current Mayor Jackie Biskupski during the 2015 campaign.
Anderson talks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about why he reversed course ab...

Ben McAdams is considering running against Mia Love in Utah’s 4th CD next year. McAdams certainly has the attention of Love’s campaign staff. McAdams could be a formidable opponent because, according to our polling, h...

CleanBuckle up, things are about to get crazy! - Bernick and Schott on politics #340

Long-simmering tensions exploded this week between Speaker Greg Hughes and Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski over Operation Rio Grande.
Chris Herrod is not happy about how the SB54 compromise has diluted the power of the conservative arm...

Sen. Orrin Hatch is in no rush to make a decision about his political future.
Lots of people are waiting for Hatch to make up his mind. Rep. Chris Stewart says he wants to run for Hatch's seat if the seven-term Senator decides not to run. Mit...

The GOP 3rd District primary election is finally over. John Curtis is now the overwhelming favorite to win in November.
Under the old system, Curtis would have never even made the primary ballot, so the win is also a victory for SB54.
...

CleanWe're gonna run out of tin foil - Bernick and Schott on politics #337

Jim Bennett and the United Utah Party win their lawsuit to get on the ballot in November's special congressional election. Will they have an impact on that election?
They might be able to make some political hay in Salt Lake County which has ...

CleanMaybe this is how Trump drains the swamp - Bernick and Schott on politics #336

Ballots have gone out to voters in the GOP primary in the 3rd CD. Provo Mayor John Curtis has a lead, but will it hold up?
Curtis scored a key endorsement from Gov. Gary Herbert, but Chris Herrod has recruited Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who will...

Ballots go out in the GOP primary in Utah's 3rd CD next week. What do the three Republicans vying for the nomination need to do to win the support of undecided voters?
We also explain why Tanner Ainge won't split votes with John Curtis to hel...

CleanAnyone who predicted this is lying - Bernick and Schott on politics #334

Gov. Gary Herbert and Utah lawmakers are squaring off over whether the process to elect a replacement for Rep. Jason Chaffetz is legal. Herbert has gone so far as to block the Attorney General from giving lawmakers a legal opinion on the matter.
...

CleanSome Republicans are more Republican than others - Bernick and Schott on politics #333

Oh, how the Utah electoral landscape has changed.
Two candidates, John Curtis and Tanner Ainge, qualified for the August 15 primary ballot, and it doesn't matter what Republican delegates in Utah's 3rd Congressional District do.
The tr...

What a busy week in Utah politics!
The Gary Ott situation in Salt Lake County is a tragic one, but it's clear that the Utah Legislature is going to have to fix the situation.
A group wants to put a proposed independent redistricting co...

Utah Republicans are considering charging members of the media $25 to cover the 3rd District nominating convention later in June. As you can guess, Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott think that's a stupid idea.
21 candidates have filed for Utah's s...

Derek Miller, President and CEO of the World Trade Center Utah joins Managing Editor Bryan Schott to discuss what the renegotiation of NAFTA means for international trade in Utah.
He also weighs in on President Donald Trump's overseas trip. W...

CleanUtah Republicans should be ashamed of themselves - Bernick and Schott on politics #330

2017 was supposed to be a boring political year!
UtahPolicy.com broke the news this week that Sen. Orrin Hatch was leaning toward retiring instead of running for another term and Mitt Romney was very interested in running for that seat. If th...

It's supposed to be an off-year politically, but the news is crazier than ever!
Rep. Jason Chaffetz has announced he's stepping down from his seat in Congress at the end of June. Lawmakers and Gov. Gary Herbert are fighting over the rules for...

What a crazy week in Utah and national politics!
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke visits Utah to tour Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. Will he recommend changes to either?
Sen. Orrin Hatch makes a couple...

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Entertaining and informative!

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Taylor D. Morgan

Excellent podcast for anyone who wants the current, inside scoop on Utah politics.

Great Show

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Critime

This is a very informative and fairly non-partisan show. BTW I can tell you exactly how much milk, bread, and everything else in the grocery store costs....And I for sure know that you don’t need an I.D. at the grocery and the only reason you need it to vote is because Republicans don’t want people voting.